{"id":29405,"date":"2020-01-17T19:07:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T19:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/17\/macdill-features-memphis-belle-model-outside-main-gate\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:49:37","slug":"macdill-features-memphis-belle-model-outside-main-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/01\/17\/macdill-features-memphis-belle-model-outside-main-gate\/","title":{"rendered":"MacDill features Memphis Belle model outside main gate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MacDill Air Force Base in Florida this month erected a replica of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2019\/11\/11\/crews-of-the-b-17-flying-fortress-take-to-the-sky-in-memphis-belle-in-color-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\">Memphis Belle<\/a>, the World War II B-17 that returned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/05\/15\/now-thats-some-fod-alligator-wanders-onto-macdill-flightline\/?utm_expid=.jFR93cgdTFyMrWXdYEtvgA.0&amp;utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\">MacDill<\/a> after conducting 25 combat missions against Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The replica accompanies a display of a KC-135 Stratotanker that stands near MacDill\u2019s main gate, a nod to the Air Force\u2019s 6th Air Refueling Wing that is based out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/12\/05\/mystery-at-macdill-base-launches-hunt-for-lost-african-american-cemetery\/?utm_expid=.jFR93cgdTFyMrWXdYEtvgA.0&#038;utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\" target=_blank>MacDill<\/a> and operates more than a dozen KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe MacDill command team wanted to represent MacDill\u2019s past and present,\u201d said Col. Stephen Snelson, 6th Air Refueling Wing commander, in a recent Air Force news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat better way to honor MacDill\u2019s heritage than to display the Memphis Belle and our KC-135,\u201d Snelson said. \u201cThese aircraft show that MacDill was and is at the forefront of the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fiberglass display placed outside MacDill\u2019s main gate replaces a model of a C-37A aircraft, the 6th Air Refueling Wing told Air Force Times. After the 310th Airlift Squadron was deactivated in September and MacDill\u2019s C-37A Gulfstream jets left the base, it was time to feature a new aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision to stand up a display of the Memphis Belle was made last year, following a vote from MacDill\u2019s command team, according to the 6th ARW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">B-17s first arrived at MacDill in 1941 and the base trained B-17 bomber crews through the end of World War II, according to the Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat people might not know is that MacDill was ground zero for training B-17 bombers as of 1942,\u201d said Stephen Ove, the 6th Air Refueling Wing base historian, in the news release. \u201cMost of the B-17 aircrew members that flew in WWII were trained at MacDill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army Air Forces aircraft, manned by a crew of 10, was the first heavy bomber to complete 25 combat missions in Europe and come back to the U.S. Furthermore, the crew suffered no casualties while flying over Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was rare for an aircraft to fly 25 missions without any of the aircrew being seriously injured or killed in action, and the Memphis Belle accomplished that,\u201d Ove said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Memphis Belle is a national treasure because it gave people hope during a brutal war,\u201d Ove said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After returning to the U.S. from Europe, the Memphis Belle stayed at MacDill for two years to train new B-17 crews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Memphis Belle\u2019s pilot, then-Capt. 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